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Jesse Reed
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SAINT JOHN, N.B. (CP) - A collage of personal photos offered a glimpse of David Greenslade's youth to hundreds of mourners who gathered Thursday for the young soldier's funeral
Greenslade, one of six Canadian soldiers killed by a roadside bomb last week in Afghanistan, was only 2O when he died. Inside the Main Street Baptist Church in Saint John, the pictures showed a handsome, young man smiling with his prom date, and canoeing and swimming with friends.
Greenslade's funeral was the third of eight services to be held this week for fallen soldiers from Atlantic Canada and Ontario.
The Canadian military's sad duty of burying victims from the worst week of attacks on Canadians in Afghanistan was to continue Thursday in St. Mary's, N.L., where Pte. Kevin Kennedy was to be buried.
Originally from St. Lawrence in eastern Newfoundland, Kennedy was with Greenslade and four other members of Hotel company when their military vehicle hit an explosive device west of Kandahar on Easter Sunday.
Funerals will be held Friday for Cpl. Brent Poland in Sarnia, Ont., and Master Cpl. Christopher Stannix in Halifax.
All six soldiers were members of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, based at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in Fredericton.
Services for two soldiers killed last week in another roadside bombing will also be held later this week.
A military spokesman said a funeral for Master Cpl. Allan Stewart will be held in Ontario on Friday, while another for Trooper Patrick Pentland will be held at CFB Gagetown on Saturday.
Both soldiers were based at CFB Petawawa, Ont.
A memorial service for all of the slain soldiers is being planned for next Wednesday at Gagetown.
On Wednesday, an unidentified Canadian soldier working with special operations forces in Afghanistan died when he fell from a communications tower.
Fifty-four Canadian soldiers and one diplomat have been killed in Afghanistan since 2002.
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george burrows
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Way to go Jess. you have some interesting info here. It is to bad the public as a whole cannot feel the way we of the service feel uinder such horrendous circumstances. I upsets me very much when I read in the papers ,letters to the editor etc. which seems to make light of the situation over there. A real bunch of dumb dumbs.
While we have lost 53 at this point of service there, I think we should thank our lucky stars etc, that our losses are not as hight per capita as the good Ole USA (Best country in the world ?) who have lost upwards of 3,000. out of a population of 300 million . We , luckly, with excellent training , using our best ingenuity and as much caution as we do , would have had to lose 530 men to equal the per capita of the USA. Thank the Good Lord we were all trained to use caution and stealth first before blasting in somewhere and think about it after we are in there
May God bless our brothers in arms over there and keep on protecting them where possible.
Also the family's of our lost also need out thoughts and prayers. They have a tough time ahead for awhile. Pro Patria to each and every one.
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Good one George... and may i just say ,i cannot say it better than you just did..and may my pryer be heard to God Bless them all and watch over them... for they do YOUR work,..ranrad
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